Brominated flame retardants in glaucous gulls from the Norwegian arctic: More than just an issue of polybrominated diphenyl ethers

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 4925-4931

  Verreault, Jonathan ^a   Gebbink, Wouter A ^b   Gauthier, Lewis T ^b   Gabrielsen, Geir W ^a   Letcher, Robert J ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLAUCOUS GULLS; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; PENTABROMOETHYLBENZENE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS;

BIOACCUMULATION; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; PLASMA (HUMAN);

FLAME RETARDANTS;

1,2 BIS(2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOXY)ETHANE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOBENZENE; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; PENTABROMOETHYLBENZENE; PENTABROMOTOLUENE; PHENOXYACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FLAME RETARDANTS; PLASMA (HUMAN);

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; DETECTION METHOD; PBDE; SEABIRD;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIRD; BROMINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEBROMINATION; EGG YOLK; LARUS HYPERBOREUS; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIRDS; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; MALE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

LARUS HYPERBOREUS;

EID: 34547204526     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es070522f     Document Type: Article

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